Modelling the evolution of human trail systems
@article{Helbing1997ModellingTE,
title={Modelling the evolution of human trail systems},
author={Dirk Helbing and Joachim Keltsch and P{\'e}ter Moln{\'a}r},
journal={Nature},
year={1997},
volume={388},
pages={47-50}
}Many human social phenomena, such as cooperation, the growth of settlements, traffic dynamics and pedestrian movement, appear to be accessible to mathematical descriptions that invoke self-organization. Here we develop a model of pedestrian motion to explore the evolution of trails in urban green spaces such as parks. Our aim is to address such questions as what the topological structures of these trail systems are, and whether optimal path systems can be predicted for urban planning. We use an…
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